Tunica retiree reshapes tiny house for traveling goals

Written by BY Meg Coker
Friday, 24 February 2017 00:00

The first line of a popular rock anthem perfectly described what lies on the horizon for one Tunica County resident. “Get your motor running. Head out on the highway. Lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes our way” may even be playing on her radio as she pulls out of the driveway.

Charla Lofton doesn’t have a specific date of departure in mind, but estimates it will be soon when she takes the tiny house she’s been working on “every day for nine weeks straight” out to travel the country. Her first stop will be Chattanooga, Tenn., where she grew up.

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Worsening finances spark co. spending, hiring freeze

Written by BY Brooks Taylor
Friday, 10 February 2017 00:00

Tunica County is on track to come up $3.5 million short in its general fund by the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30.

County administrator Adrian McKay reported to supervisors Monday that gaming revenues for the first four months of FY17 have fallen 11.4 percent below projections, or $900,000. He recommended an immediate hiring and spending freeze and a freeze on salary increases, “to start.”